MC French Mag Nov17
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FrFaocnusc oe n Golf Holidays by Morgan Making your golf holidays go further Spring/Summer 2018 Tel: 0207 870 1258 Golfing triangles of France I look forward to hearing from you Front cover - Servanes, Provence 1 hour Calais 1-2 hours Hardelot Le Touquet Belle Dune 2-4 hours Dieppe Le Havre Le Touquet La Mer, Northern France Deauville Omaha Beach Caen Champ de Chateau de Raray 6-8 hours Bataille Senlis Chambord Apremont Chantilly Dinard La Chouette For this issue of , we’ve but we can add as much or as little golf Pleneuf Saint Malo Golf Parc Focus On Saint Malo Rolleboise Val Andre Le Prieure chosen our closest European Dinan Vaucouleurs Paris as you want. St Germain Versailles Barbizon neighbour: France. France has more We’ve categorised the destinations in La Freslonniere Courson Sable-Solesmes Monteloup Cely Fontainebleau golf courses than any other mainland Sept Tours order of distance from the most Vaugouard European country and has no fewer La Bretesche Orleans convenient Channel port, so you can La Baule Bauge Pontigne than 20 rated among Europe’s best Sologne Limere Orleans choose from an easy-to-get-to holiday, a Chambord Les Aisses and a few even listed among the World Golf du Medoc, destination further south or a holiday Saint Jean de Monts Top 100. La Mothe-Achard La Domangere really into the depths of France and onto Les Sables d’Olonne We’ve developed some deliciously the Mediterranean. To be featured in our tempting golfing triangles in 16 regions triangle, there must be at least one of France. Triangles that are made up of outstanding golf course and two quality- Charmeil three top-quality golf courses, one Lyon Grenoble orientated courses. They don’t have to Medoc les Chateaux perfect hotel and lots of things to see Correncon Bresson be incredibly difficult but they do have Lacanau Bordeaux and do nearby. Add the scenery, the Gujan Mestras food, the choice of accommodation and to be beautiful, well-maintained and the history, France is a special place for very enjoyable. For accommodation 8-10 hours a holiday and for golf. And because it’s we’ve chosen a hotel (or two) that best Moliets Pont Mougins Servanes Royal so convenient to get to, you can keep fits the attractions of the region. Seignosse Cannes Hossegor Aix en Provence the price down and the flexibility up by Give us a call if our choice isn’t to your Biarritz Barbaroux Cannes Marseille Mandelieu taking your own car. liking as no-one knows France like we do On many of the holidays we’ve left quite and we’re bound to know the perfect a bit of time for you to relax and explore spot for you. 2 For expert knowledge, advice and service call Morgan on 0207 870 1258 Destinations within one hour of a Channel port Northern France: Le Manoir***, Le Touquet Calais Northern France is blessed with fine golf 10 km courses but the three Boulogne to cherry-pick are Le Touquet La Mer, Hardelot Hardelot Les Pins and Belle Dune. Incredib ly, Le Touquet all three are in Montreuil Europe’s Top 100 and Golf Parc Robert Robert Hersant R the French Top 20 and - a visual treat and one of France’s Top 100 courses Belle Dune all three provide a very different but scenic challenge. l Four nights’ bed and breakfast in Twin or Double Inland Normandy: Domaine de la Corniche****, Rolleboise Bedrooms at the four-star Le Manoir, Le Touquet Chateau de la Chouette The hotel to choose is the iconic Le Manoir l One round each at Le Touquet La Mer, Rolleboise with its 41 bedrooms just 100 yards from the Belle Dune and Hardelot Les Pins state-of-the-art Le Touquet clubhouse from l Four-in-a-car Eurotunnel return travel La Vaucouleurs where you can play La Mer and the very pretty l Free parking and WIFI Golf Parc l Paris La Foret and the nine-hole Le Manoir. It’s a £495 per person midweek and from £510 per person if holidaying over a weekend 20 km great golfing set up. l Prices valid until Oct 13 and based on four people in Dreux Le Manoir has always had a good restaurant the party and the new-look bar and reception sit well Supplement guidelines l Extra round of golf £50 per person Inland Normandy has plenty of golf courses with the large and comfortable bedrooms. Just l Extra night £80 per person which you could call a hidden gem. For our a three-minute drive from the smart resort of l Half-board at the hotel £30 per person tight-knit triangle, we’ve selected Le Golf Parc Le Touquet and 45 minutes from Calais, Le l Supplement for travelling two-in-a-car from Robert Hersant, the two-course La Vaucouleurs Manoir is easy to get to but hard to leave. £25 per person. and the rejuvenated Chateau de la Chouette. Both Golf Parc and Chouette are rated among l Five nights’ bed and breakfast in Twin or Double River Hardelot - always a favourite View Bedrooms at the four-star Domaine de la the French Top 100 and I also like Vaucouleurs. Corniche Golf Parc is a visual treat and Chateau de la l One round each at Le Golf Parc Robert Hersant, Chouette – designed by no less than Trent Chateau de la Chouette and La Vaucouleurs Jones and Kyle Phillips – is back in favour after l Four-in-a-car Newhaven-Dieppe DFDS return travel a few years looking rather poor. l Free parking and WIFI l £710 per person midweek and For accommodation, the four-star Hotel de la l £730 per person if holidaying over a weekend Corniche fits the bill as does its Logis de l Prices valid until Oct 20 and based on four people in France sister hotel La Ruche. Overlooking the the party Seine, they are quirky, full of charm and Supplement guidelines l Extra round of golf from £50 per person attention-to-detail and cracking value. The l Extra night £100 per person food at the two restaurants is terrific and l Half-board at the hotel £43 per person there’s a spa too. This is boutique hotel, l Supplement for travelling two-in-a-car from French style. £40 per person. 3 Coastal Normandy: Hostellerie du Vallon****, Trouville Le Havre but who needs one when you’ve got the likes Trouville of Les Vapeurs, La Regence and La Petite Deauville Auberge just a stroll away as well as the Omaha Beach Michelin-starred 1812. Trouville also has a Caen casino and market so you can keep as active Champ de 20 km Bataille as you want day and night. For golf, Omaha Beach has 36 holes of quality There’s a little bit more driving to get to our golf overlooking the famous WWII beaches, top three courses in coastal Normandy but Deauville is a good parkland course designed the drives are pleasant and the courses are by Tom Simpson and Champ de Bataille is a worth it. real beauty tucked away in the Normandy Pleneuf Val Andre For accommodation, the Hostellerie du Vallon countryside. in the heart of Trouville allows you to forget Allow 50 minutes to get to Omaha Beach and about the car in the evening whilst you Champ de Bataille although you could play North Brittany: Hotel d’Avaugour****, Dinan explore the bars and brasseries of the seaside Omaha on one of your travel days as it’s Dinard cosy and elegant bedrooms. The breakfast is resort as well as those in neighbouring relatively close to the port of Caen. Deauville Saint Malo tasty and the bar is a great place to start the Deauville which is a sub-ten-minute walk from Golf Club is a five-minute drive from the Pleneuf Dinan evening before sampling the delights of the the hotel. hotel. Val Andre old town and marina. Two restaurants of note The hotel has a small indoor pool, free car l Four nights’ bed and breakfast in Twin or Double 20 km are La Fleur de Sel and Le Cantorbery. park and the bedrooms are bright and Bedrooms with balcony at the Hostellerie du Vallon l spacious enough. It does not have a restaurant One round each at Deauville, Omaha Beach and Champ de Bataille Rennes l Four-in-a-car Portsmouth-Caen daytime return travel with Brittany Ferries La Freslonniere l Free parking and WIFI l £525 per person midweek or weekend Two links and a lovely forest layout are l Price valid until Oct 31 and based on four people in waiting for you in North Brittany. Dinard is one the party of the oldest courses on mainland Europe and Supplement guidelines l provides fabulous views and a classic links Extra round of golf from £55 per person l layout and challenge. Pleneuf Val Andre is a l Three nights’ bed and breakfast in Twin or Double Extra night £70 per person l Supplement for travelling two-in-a-car from modern take on links with a few superb holes Bedrooms at the four-star Hotel D’Avaugour, Dinan l £50 per person. running alongside the coast and some quite One round each at Dinard (including practice and tough parkland holes to test your skill. La yardage chart), La Freslonniere and Pleneuf Val Andre l Freslonniere is to the west of Rennes, the Four-in-a-car Portsmouth-Saint Malo overnight (with Four Berth outside cabin) and Caen-Portsmouth capital of Brittany, and is a relatively short but daytime homeward travel with Brittany Ferries tight forest course where control rather than l £475 per person until Jul 1 l distance is the key.